Dilbat

Akkadian · noun
variants ᵈDil-bat : Dilbat , mul.Dil-bat : Dilbat
Edited by: Marvin Schreiber
Last edited: 2023-07-11

Meanings
Categories
planet
Related Lemmata 12

1. Venus

1.a Venus planet

aš2-šu2 d.GU4.UD u d.Dil-bat KI 30 2-ta MUNUS.MEŠ

‘Because Mercury and Venus (stand) with the Moon: two females (will be born).’

— BM 35402 (LBAT 1593) obv. 10'-11'

Genre: horoscopic astrology Provenance: Babylon Date: 4th-2nd century BCE

Reiner, E. 2000. Early Zodiologia and Related Matters. In: Wisdom, Gods and Literature, Studies in Assyriology in Honour of W. G. Lambert, eds. Andrew R. George and I. L. Finkel. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbauns: 421-427. 422


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APA (7th)
Schreiber, M. (2023). Dilbat (Lemma #82). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/82/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2023). Dilbat (Lemma #82). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/82/

MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2023). Dilbat (Lemma #82). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/82/

Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2023) Dilbat (Lemma #82), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/82/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac82,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2023},
	title = {Dilbat ({Lemma} #82)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/82/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/82/},
}